• Population: 376 000
• Currency: Euro (EUR), Language: Italian, Religion: Roman Catholic
• Time zone: GMT+1
• Phone country code: +39, city code: 055 (always dial the 0 - even from abroad)
• Internet domain country code: .it,
• Abbreviation on car license plates: I
• Visa requirement: Schengen country
• Weather: current weather
• Avg Temperature in C: January: 10°C/1°C - April: 18°C/7°C - July: 31°C/17°C - October: 21°C/10°C

• Main airports: Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci (FLR), Aeroporto Galileo Galilei - Pisa (PSA).
• Rail travel: Trenitalia.
• Train stations: Stazione Centrale di Santa Mari Novella.
• Bus companies: Cotral, Lazzi,Sita, Eurolines.
• Car rental companies: Maggiore phone: 055 31 12 56, Europcar, Hertz phone: 055 239 8205, Avis phone: 055 31 55 88, Autoeurope.

• Local transportation authority: ATAF (Azienda Trasporti Area Fiorentina)
• Taxi companies: SoCoTa phone: 055/4242, Taxi rates in Florence.
• Bike rental: Florence by Bike.

Along the Arno river

Around the Palazzo Vecchio

Santa Maria Novella / Mercato Central

The Duomo - Santa Maria del Fiore

• Tourist Offices: Ufficio Informazioni (Ph: 055290832-3), A.P.T. ( Azienda di Promozione Turistica) (Ph: 05523320)
• Yellow page: Pagine Gialle
• Internet cafés: Internet Train
, Libreria Edison (Ph: 055/213110)
• Travel guides:
  • About Florence
  • Complete Guide to Florence in Frommer's